THE AUTISM GUIDE: The Only Guide you will ever need autism treatments, methods, organizations and approaches from Around the World Updated every 6 months! LASTEST UPDATE : January 2015 FEATURING: Organizations: Autism Organizations – some well known, some not - all helpful to families and teachers. Approaches: Behavioral, Educational, and Psychological CAM Therapies: Aromatherapy, Hyperbaric, Vision, Music, Art, Equine, Massage, biofeedback, holistic, diet Treatment: Speech, OT, PT, Sensory Integration, Auditory Integration Parent Organizations: Support, Advocacy, safety issues Over 14 Pages and updated every 6 months or sooner! Compiled and Edited by: Sally J. Colletti Advocates For Autism, NY Copyright 2013 2 APPROACHES - BEHAVIORAL, EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL The Incredible 5-Point Scale www.5pointscale.com E-mail either Kari or Mitzi at: [email protected] or [email protected] Applied Behavioral Analysis 550 West Centre Avenue, Suite 1 Portage, MI 49024 (269) 492-9310 www.abainternational .org Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders Institute for Child Development Dr. Raymond G. Romanczyk Binghamton University campus 4400 Vestal Parkway, Vestal NY, 13850 http://icd.binghamton.edu Autism Treatment Center of America www.autismtreatmentcenter.org 1-877-766-7473 or outside the U.S. at 001-413-229-2100 The Miller Method www.millermethod.org LCDC, Inc. 154 Wells Avenue, Suite 5 Newton, MA 02459 USA Tel: (800) 218-LCDC (5232) or (617) 965 0045 E-mail: [email protected] DIR/Floortime Model Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D. 7201 Glenbrook Road Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (301) 657-2348 www.stanleygreenspan.com TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Communication Handicapped Children For general information about the TEACCH Program, please contact www.teacch.com Relationship Development Intervention 4130 Bellaire Boulevard suite 210 Houston, Texas 77025 Toll-Free: 866.378.6405 www.rdiconnect.com Integrated Self-Advocacy Cirriculum Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 3 Valerie Paradiz, PhD 4182 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116 Tel: (619) 961-7210 || Fax: (619) 563-6840 Email: [email protected] Social Stories™ – Carol Gray 4123 Embassy Dr. SE Kentwood, MI 49546 616.954.9747 Fax: 616.954.9749 [email protected] www.thegraycenter.org Jed Baker, Ph.D. 29 Collinwood Road Maplewood, New Jersey 07040 www.jedbaker.com Tony Attwood, Ph.D. The Asperger's Syndrome Clinic PO Box 224 Petrie QLD 4502 Australia Phone: (61) 7 3285 7888 Valerie Paradiz, Ph.D. Autism Consulting, author www.valerieparadiz.com Linda Mood Bell Learning Process 416 Higuera Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 800-233-1819 www.lindamoodbell.com The Advanced Brain 5748 South Adams Avenue Parkway Ogden, Utah 84405, United States Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-622-5676 Toll Free: 888-228-1798 Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 4 LANGUAGE/COMMUNICATION American Speech & Hearing Association National Office 2200 Research Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850-3289 301-296-5700 www.asha.org SECRTS- (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Support) Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D., CCC-SLP PO Box 973 Wilbraham, MA 01095 Phone: (508) 965 - 5705 Fax: (413) 279 – 1361 www.barryprizant.com Soma® Mukhopadhyay's Rapid Prompting Method HALO PO Box 303399 Austin, TX 78703 Toll-Free: (866) 465-9595 www.halo-soma.org Spectronicsinoz PO BOX 88 Rochedale Q 4123 AUSTRALIA Phone: (07) 3808 6833 Fax: (07) 3808 6108 Email: [email protected] www.spectronicsinoz.com Picture Exchange Communication Systems Available worldwide 1-888-732-7462 www.pecs.com Facilitated Communication - 350 Huntington Hall School of Education Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-5268 www.inclusioninstitutes.org/fci/ Picture This – (Real Photos) [email protected] 888-777-0876 www.silverliningmm.com Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 5 DynaVox – Mayer Johnson (ACC Devices with Picture Symbols) Available in US, UK, CA 2100 Wharton Street Suite 400 Pittsburgh, PA 15203 866-396-2869 Visual Strategies – Linda Hogdon QuirkRoberts Publishing P.O. Box 71 Troy, MI 48099-0071 248-879-2598 www.usevisualstrategies.com Applied Verbal Behavior Dr. Vincent Carbone 614 Corporate Way Suite 1 Valley Cottage, NY 10989 845-267-0920 Continued on next page Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 6 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE SERVICES (CAM) The National Center for Complementary Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov Autism Research Institute 4182 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 1-866-366-3361 www.autism.com Dr Kenneth Bock Rhinebeck Health Center (845)-876-7082. www.rhinebeckhealth.com Massage Therapy American Massage Therapy Association 500 Davis Street, Suite 900 Evanston, IL 60201-4695 Toll-Free 1-877-905-2700 Phone 847/864-0123 Fax 847/864-1178 www.amtamassage.org Aromatherapy National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy 3327 W. Indian Trail Road PMB 144 Spokane, WA 99208 PH: (509)325-3419 (PST) FAX: (509) 325-3479 www.naha.org Hippotherapy – Therapeutic Horseback riding Southern Tier Alternative Therapies, Inc. PO Box 1567 Binghamton NY 13902 www.statinc.org Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 7 Biofeedback Association of Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Inc. 10200 West 44th Avenue Suite 304 Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (800) 477-8892 www.aapb.org International Stress Management Association (ISMA) www.isma.org US: University of Nebraska - Lincoln 135 Mabel Lee Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0229 USA Dietary Approaches and Gastroenterology: Timothy M. Buie, MD Associate in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics Timothy Buie, MD is a pediatric Gastroenterologist at the Lurie Center for Autism, a multidisciplinary program that treats children, adolescents and adults with autism spectrum and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Massachusetts General Hospital Phone: 617-726-8705 Or at Lexington: Lurie Center for Autism; Newton: Newton-Wellesley Hospital The Gluten Free & Casein Free Diet (GF/CF) The GFCF Diet Support Group PO Box 1692 Palm Harbor, FL 34683 www.gfcfdiet.com Talk About Curing Autism – Diet Tips page http://gfcf-diet.talkaboutcuringautism.org/ Feingold Association of United States and International 554 East Main Street Suite 301 Riverhead, NY 11901 800-321-3287 (U.S. only) 1-631-369-9340 (Eastern Time) www.feingold.org Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration: American Occupational Therapy Association 4720 Montgomery Lane PO Box 31220 Bethesda, MD 20824 www.aota.org Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 8 The Spectrum Center 4715 Cordell Avenue, 3rd Floor Bethesda, MD 20814 (301) 657-0988 www.spectrumcenter.com Occupational Therapy Associates 124 Watertown Street Watertown, MA 02472 www.otawatertown.com Sensory Integration Global Network – Ayres Sensory Integration ® www.siglobalnetwork.org/asi.htm Music Therapy American Music Therapy Association, Inc. 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1000 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, USA Phone: (301) 589-3300 www.musictherapy.org Stanley Jordan Music Therapy This has a full list of all international programs http://www.stanleyjordan.com/Links/MusicTherapy.html#IntlOrg Vision Therapy Vision Help www.visionhelp.com/autism/ The Optometrists Network ATTN: Rachel Cooper 93 Bedford Street, Suite 5D New York, NY 10014 www.visiontherapy.org American Optometric Association http://www.aoa.org/ Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 9 College of Optometrists in Vision Development 215 West Garfield Road, Suite 200 Aurora, OH 44202 P 330-995-0718 | 888-268-3770 www.covd.org Art Therapy: Listing of Art Therapy Links by Country: www.art-therapy.us/links.htm#International HippoTherapy/Equine Therapy American Hippotherapy Association, Inc. 136 Bush Road Damascus, PA 18415 888.851.4592 www.americanhippotherapyassociation.org Auditory Integration AIT Institute for Berard Auditory Integration Training (Berard AIT) Available worldwide www.aitinstitute.org AIT Resources Auditory Integration Training (AIT) Services throughout the United States, Australia, Indonesia & Malaysia P: +1.206.463.5237 25947 Gold Beach Dr. SW Vashon Island, Washington 98070 www.aitresources.com Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy International Hyperbaric Medical Association Dr. Kenneth Stoller, Medical Director 4 Brunn School Rd. 40 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: +1 505 955 8560 www.hbotnm.com The Hyperbaric Therapy Center Phone: (877) HYPERTC www.hypertc.com Copyright, 2013, 2014, 2015 All rights reserved – Reprints only with permission: Contact: Advocates For Autism, Inc. – Sally J. Colletti www.advocatesforautism.com 10 PARENT/INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION & SUPPORT The American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation P.O.Box 31078 Chicago, IL 60631 www.epilepsyoutreach.org Stephen Shore, Ed.D. www.autismasperger.net Autism Support Network Autism